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Funds sought for Heinz factory takeover study

The group hoping to take over the Heinz sauce factory at Girgarre will continue with plans for a feasibility study, after a meeting with the company on Friday.

Les Cameron from the Goulburn Valley Food Action Committee says Heinz made no promises but was receptive to the committee's idea of forming a cooperative to run the factory.

Mr Cameron says the group will now seek funding for the feasibility study.

"Certainly over this next week we should learn whether or not we're going to get the funds about the same time as we could expect that Heinz say yes to working with us and hopefully that means a neat transition and somewhere in the next six to 12 months they hand over the keys to us," he said.